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Taxon: Genus Leptotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843 (reptile)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Sarcopterygii
                                                           Clade Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955
                                                             Clade Dipnotetrapodomorpha Nelson, 2006
                                                               Clade Rhipidistia Cope, 1887
                                                                 Clade Tetrapodomorpha Ahlberg, 1991
                                                                   Clade Osteolepidida Boulenger 1901 [Cloutier & Ahlberg 1996]
                                                                     Clade Eotetrapodiformes Coates & Friedman, 2010
                                                                       [crown] Clade Elpistostegalia Camp & Allison, 1961
                                                                         Clade Stegocephali Cope 1868 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                           Clade Labyrinthodontia Owen 1859 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                             Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                               Clade Pan-Amniota Rowe 2004 [Laurin & Smithson 2020]
                                                                                 Clade Batrachosauria
                                                                                   Clade Amniota Haeckel 1866 [Laurin & Reisz 2020]
                                                                                     Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 - reptiles
                                                                                       Clade Eureptilia Olson, 1947
                                                                                         Clade Romeriida Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe, 1988
                                                                                           Clade Diapsida Osborn 1903 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
                                                                                             Clade Neodiapsida Benton 1985
                                                                                               Clade Pan-Lepidosauria Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020, sedis mutabilis
                                                                                                 [crown] Subclass Lepidosauria Duméril & Bibron, 1839
                                                                                                   Clade Pan-Squamata Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020
                                                                                                     [crown] Order Squamata Oppel, 1811
                                                                                                       Bifurcata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
                                                                                                         Unidentata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
                                                                                                           Episquamata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
                                                                                                             Toxicofera Vidal & Hedges, 2005
                                                                                                               Ophidia Brongniart, 1800
                                                                                                                 Suborder Serpentes Linnaeus, 1758 - snakes
                                                                                                                   Infraorder Scolecophidia Duméril & Bibron, 1844 [paraphyletic]
                                                                                                                     Family Leptotyphlopidae Stejneger, 1891 - slender blind snakes
                                                                                                                       Subfamily Leptotyphlopinae
                                                                                                                         Tribe Leptotyphlopini
                                                                                                                           Genus Leptotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843
                                                                                                                             [Leptotyphlops bilineata BARBOUR 1914] see Leptotyphlops bilineatus (Schlegel, 1839)
                                                                                                                             01 Leptotyphlops aethiopicus Broadley & Wallach, 2007
                                                                                                                             02 Leptotyphlops conjunctus (Jan, 1861)
                                                                                                                             03 Leptotyphlops distanti (Boulenger, 1892)
                                                                                                                             04 Leptotyphlops emini (Boulenger, 1890)
                                                                                                                             05 Leptotyphlops howelli Broadley & Wallach, 2007
                                                                                                                             06 Leptotyphlops incognitus Broadley & Watson, 1976
                                                                                                                             07 Leptotyphlops jacobseni Broadley & Broadley, 1999
                                                                                                                             08 Leptotyphlops kafubi (Boulenger, 1919)
                                                                                                                             09 Leptotyphlops keniensis Broadley & Wallach, 2007
                                                                                                                             10 Leptotyphlops latirostris (Sternfeld, 1912)
                                                                                                                             11 Leptotyphlops macrops (Broadley & Wallach, 1996)
                                                                                                                             12 Leptotyphlops mbanjensis Broadley & Wallach, 2007
                                                                                                                             13 Leptotyphlops merkeri (Werner, 1909)
                                                                                                                             14 Leptotyphlops nigricans (Schlegel, 1839)
                                                                                                                             15 Leptotyphlops nigroterminus Broadley & Wallach, 2007
                                                                                                                             16 Leptotyphlops pembae Loveridge, 1941
                                                                                                                             17 Leptotyphlops pitmani Broadley & Wallach, 2007
                                                                                                                             18 Leptotyphlops pungwensis Broadley & Wallach, 1997
                                                                                                                             19 Leptotyphlops scutifrons (Peters, 1854)
                                                                                                                             20 Leptotyphlops sylvicolus Broadley & Wallach, 1997
                                                                                                                             21 Leptotyphlops telloi Broadley & Watson, 1976
                                                                                                                             n [Leptotyphlops gracilior (Boulenger, 1910)] see Namibiana gracilior (Boulenger, 1910)
                                                                                                                             n [Leptotyphlops labialis (Sternfeld, 1908)] see Namibiana labialis (Sternfeld, 1908)
                                                                                                                             n [Leptotyphlops occidentalis FitzSimons, 1962] see Namibiana occidentalis (FitzSimons, 1962)
                                                                                                                             n [Leptotyphlops rostratus (Bocage, 1886)] see Namibiana rostrata (Bocage, 1886)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops adleri Hahn & Wallach, 1998] see Myriopholis adleri (Hahn & Wallach, 1998)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops affinis (Boulenger, 1884)] see Rena affinis (Boulenger, 1884)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops albifrons (Wagler, 1824)] see Epictia albifrons (Wagler, 1824)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops albipuncta (Burmeister, 1861)] see Epictia albipuncta (Burmeister, 1861)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops albiventer Hallermann & Rödel, 1995] see Myriopholis albiventer (Hallermann & Rödel, 1995)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops alfredschmidti Lehr, Wallach, Köhler & Aguilar, 2002] see Epictia alfredschmidti (Lehr, Wallach, Köhler & Aguilar, 2002)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops algeriensis (Jacquet, 1896)] see Myriopholis algeriensis (Jacquet, 1896)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops anthracinus Bailey, 1946] see Trilepida anthracina (Bailey, 1946)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops asbolepis Thomas, McDiarmid & Thompson, 1985] see Mitophis asbolepis (Thomas, McDiarmid & Thompson, 1985)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops ater Taylor, 1940] see Epictia ater (Taylor, 1940)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops australis Freiberg & Orejas-Miranda, 1968] see Epictia australis (Freiberg & Orejas-Miranda, 1968)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops bicolor (Jan, 1860)] see Tricheilostoma bicolor (Jan, 1860)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops bilineatus (Schlegel, 1839)] see Tetracheilostoma bilineatum (Schlegel, 1839)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops blanfordi (Boulenger, 1890)] see Myriopholis blanfordi (Boulenger, 1890)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops borapeliotes Vanzolini, 1996] see Epictia borapeliotes (Vanzolini, 1996)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops borrichianus (Degerbøl, 1923)] see Siagonodon borrichianus (Degerbøl, 1923)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops boueti (Chabanaud, 1917)] see Myriopholis boueti (Chabanaud, 1917)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops boulengeri (Boettger, 1913)] see Epacrophis boulengeri (Boettger, 1913)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops brasiliensis Laurent, 1949] see Trilepida brasiliensis (Laurent, 1949)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops bressoni Taylor, 1939] see Rena bressoni (Taylor, 1939)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops brevissimus Shreve, 1964] see Trilepida brevissima (Shreve, 1964)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops broadleyi Wallach & Hahn, 1997] see Tricheilostoma broadleyi (Wallach & Hahn, 1997)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops burii (Boulenger, 1905)] see Myriopholis burii (Boulenger, 1905)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops cairi (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)] see Myriopholis cairi (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops calypso Thomas, McDiarmid, & Thompson, 1985] see Mitophis calypso (Thomas, McDiarmid & Thompson, 1985)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops carlae Hedges, 2008 - Barbados threadsnake] see Tetracheilostoma carlae (Hedges, 2008)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops collaris Hoogmoed, 1977] see Epictia collaris (Hoogmoed, 1977)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops columbi Klauber, 1939] see Epictia columbi (Klauber, 1939)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops cupinensis Bailey & Carvalho, 1946] see Siagonodon cupinensis (Bailey & Carvalho, 1946)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops debilis (Chabanaud, 1918)] see Myriopholis boueti (Chabanaud, 1917)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops diaplocius Orejas-Miranda, 1969] see Epictia diaplocia (Orejas-Miranda, 1969)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops dimidiatus (Jan, 1861)] see Trilepida dimidiata (Jan, 1861)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops dissimilis (Bocage, 1886)] see Tricheilostoma dissimilis (Bocage, 1886)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops drewesi Wallach, 1996] see Epacrophis drewesi (Wallach, 1996)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops dugandi Dunn, 1944] see Trilepida dugandi (Dunn, 1944)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops dulcis (Baird & Girard, 1853) - Texas slender blind snake] see Rena dulcis Baird & Girard, 1853
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops filiformis (Boulenger, 1899)] see Myriopholis filiformis (Boulenger, 1899)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops goudotii (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)] see Epictia goudotii (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops guayaquilensis Orejas-Miranda & Peters, 1970] see Trilepida guayaquilensis (Orejas-Miranda & Peters, 1970)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops humilis (Baird & Girard, 1853) - western slender blind snake] see Rena humilis Baird & Girard, 1853
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops joshuai Dunn, 1944] see Trilepida joshuai (Dunn, 1944)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops koppesi Amaral, 1955] see Trilepida koppesi (Amaral, 1955)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops leptipilepta Thomas, McDiarmid & Thompson, 1985] see Mitophis leptipileptus (Thomas, McDiarmid & Thompson, 1985)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops longicaudus (Peters, 1854)] see Myriopholis longicauda (Peters, 1854)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops macrolepis (Peters, 1857)] see Trilepida macrolepis (Peters, 1857)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus (Jan, 1860)] see Myriopholis macrorhyncha (Jan, 1860)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops macrurus (Boulenger, 1903)] see Myriopholis macrura (Boulenger, 1903)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops maximus Loveridge, 1932] see Rena maxima (Loveridge, 1932)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops melanotermus (Cope, 1862)] see Epictia albipuncta (Burmeister, 1861)
                                                                                                                             x ["Leptotyphlops melanoterus" (Cope, 1862)] see Leptotyphlops melanotermus (Cope, 1862)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops melanurus Schmidt & Walker, 1943] see Epictia melanura (Schmidt & Walker, 1943)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops munoai Orejas-Miranda, 1961] see Epictia munoai (Orejas-Miranda, 1961)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops narirostris (Peters, 1867)] see Myriopholis narirostris (Peters, 1867)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops nasalis Taylor, 1940] see Epictia ater (Taylor, 1940)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops natatrix (Andersson, 1937)] see Myriopholis algeriensis (Jacquet, 1896)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops nicefori Dunn, 1946] see Trilepida nicefori (Dunn, 1946)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops parkeri Broadley, 1999] see Myriopholis parkeri (Broadley, 1999)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops perreti Roux-Estève, 1979] see Myriopholis perreti (Roux-Estève, 1979)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops peruvianus Orejas-Miranda, 1969] see Epictia peruviana (Orejas-Miranda, 1969)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops phillipsi Barbour, 1914] see Myriopholis macrorhyncha (Jan, 1860)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops pyrites Thomas, 1965] see Mitophis pyrites (Thomas, 1965)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops reticulatus (Boulenger, 1906)] see Epacrophis reticulatus (Boulenger, 1906)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops rubrolineatus (Werner, 1901)] see Epictia rubrolineata (Werner, 1901)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops rufidorsus Taylor, 1940] see Epictia rufidorsa (Taylor, 1940)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops salgueiroi Amaral, 1955] see Trilepida salgueiroi (Amaral, 1955)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops septemstriatus (Schneider, 1801)] see Siagonodon septemstriatus (Schneider, 1801)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops signatus (Jan, 1861)] see Epictia signata (Jan, 1861)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops striatula Smith & Laufe, 1945] see Epictia striatula (Smith & Laufe, 1945)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops subcrotillus Klauber, 1939] see Epictia subcrotilla (Klauber, 1939)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops sundewalli (Jan, 1862)] see Tricheilostoma sundewalli (Jan, 1862)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops teaguei Orejas-Miranda, 1964] see Epictia teaguei (Orejas-Miranda, 1964)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops tenellus Klauber, 1939] see Epictia tenella (Klauber, 1939)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops tesselatus (Tschudi, 1845)] see Epictia tesselata (Tschudi, 1845)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops tricolor Orejas-Miranda & Zug, 1974] see Epictia tricolor (Orejas-Miranda & Zug, 1974)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops undecimstriatus (Schlegel, 1839)] see Epictia undecimstriata (Schlegel, 1839)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops unguirostris (Boulenger, 1902)] see Siagonodon unguirostris (Boulenger, 1902)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops vellardi Laurent, 1984] see Epictia vellardi (Laurent, 1984)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops weyrauchi Orejas-Miranda, 1964] see Epictia albipuncta (Burmeister, 1861)
                                                                                                                             x [Leptotyphlops wilsoni Hahn, 1978] see Myriopholis wilsoni (Hahn, 1978)

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